{"id":143383,"date":"2025-11-16T20:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T20:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/143383\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T20:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T20:04:07","slug":"a-misanthrope-teaches-a-class-for-demi-humans-anime-reveals-more-cast-theme-song-artists-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/143383\/","title":{"rendered":"A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans Anime Reveals More Cast, Theme Song Artists &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=15420\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kadokawa<\/a> revealed during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=5219\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MF Bunko J<\/a>&#8216;s Fall School Festival 2025 special livestream on Sunday new cast members and the theme song artists for the television <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-09-07\/vtuber-kurusu-natsume-a-misanthrope-teaches-a-class-for-demi-humans-light-novels-get-anime-in-\/.228524\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">anime<\/a> adaptation of VTuber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=287717\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Natsume<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=37828\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=28043\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jingai Ky\u014dshitsu no Ningen-girai Ky\u014dshi: Hitoma-sensei, Watashi-tachi ni Ningen o Oshiete Kuremasu ka&#8230;&#8230;?<\/a>) debut light novel series. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=128497\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Masayoshi \u014cishi<\/a> will perform the opening theme song &#8220;Ningen&#8221; (Human). Ky\u014dka Minazuki (as voiced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=119743\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sora Amamiya<\/a>), Isaki \u014cgami (as voiced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=112494\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saori \u014cnishi<\/a>), Sui Usami (as voiced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=127172\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maria Naganawa<\/a>), and Tobari Haneda (as voiced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=120615\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rui Tanabe<\/a>) will perform the ending theme song &#8220;Ningen Come True.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The newly announced cast are:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=81503\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manami Numakura<\/a> as Karin Ryuzaki\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"348\" height=\"600\" alt=\"misan1.png\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.9\/231085\/misan1.png.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image courtesy of Kadokawa<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u6765\u6816\u590f\u82bd\uff0fKADOKAWA\uff0f\u4e0d\u77e5\u706b\u9ad8\u6821\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=5916\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Misato Fukuen<\/a> as Machi Nezu\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"600\" alt=\"misan2.png\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.9\/231085\/misan2.png.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image courtesy of Kadokawa<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u6765\u6816\u590f\u82bd\uff0fKADOKAWA\uff0f\u4e0d\u77e5\u706b\u9ad8\u6821\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=116390\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reina Ueda<\/a> as Neneko Kurosawa\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"600\" alt=\"misan3.png\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.9\/231085\/misan3.png.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image courtesy of Kadokawa<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u6765\u6816\u590f\u82bd\uff0fKADOKAWA\uff0f\u4e0d\u77e5\u706b\u9ad8\u6821\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=63509\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yui Ishikawa<\/a> as Aoi Wakaba\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"600\" alt=\"misan4.png\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.9\/231085\/misan4.png.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image courtesy of Kadokawa<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u6765\u6816\u590f\u82bd\uff0fKADOKAWA\uff0f\u4e0d\u77e5\u706b\u9ad8\u6821\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=386\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yui Horie<\/a> as Maki Okonogi\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"600\" alt=\"misan5.png\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.9\/231085\/misan5.png.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image courtesy of Kadokawa<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u6765\u6816\u590f\u82bd\uff0fKADOKAWA\uff0f\u4e0d\u77e5\u706b\u9ad8\u6821\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"424\" alt=\"teacher\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max300x600\/cms\/news.8\/228524\/teacher.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image courtesy of Kadokawa<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u6765\u6816\u590f\u82bd\/KADOKAWA\/\u4e0d\u77e5\u706b\u9ad8\u6821\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p>The anime will premiere in January. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The anime stars:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=99623\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toshiki Masuda<\/a> as Rei Hitoma<br \/>\nSora Amamiya as Ky\u014dka Minazuki<br \/>\nSaori \u014cnishi as Isaki \u014cgami<br \/>\nMaria Naganawa as Sui Usami<br \/>\nRui Tanabe as Tobari Haneda<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=20517\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Akira Iwanaga<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=15113\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kingdom<\/a> season 2, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=20363\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arifureta &#8211; From Commonplace to World&#8217;s Strongest<\/a>) is directing the anime at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=4437\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">asread<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=12773\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Katsuhiko Takayama<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=10816\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baka and Test &#8211; Summon the Beasts<\/a> two seasons, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=28978\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Protocol: Rain<\/a>) is in charge of series scripts, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=47675\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maiko Okada<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=23959\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mother of the Goddess&#8217; Dormitory<\/a>) is designing the characters.<\/p>\n<p>Additional staff includes:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=6612\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yen Press<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2023-04-27\/yen-press-licenses-reborn-to-master-the-blade-manga-light-novels-more-series\/.197570\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">publishes<\/a> the light novels in English and describes the story:<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Rei Hitoma, a self-professed misanthrope, thanks to some past trauma. Just when I thought my new teaching job in the mountains would provide a chill, rejuvenating environment, it turns out that this school is actually for demi-humans who want to become full-fledged human beings! There&#8217;s a mermaid, a werewolf, a rabbit, and a bird&#8230;all of whom are now my charges. It&#8217;s my duty to teach them about humankind\u2014and maybe in the process, I&#8217;ll learn a few things myself. This isn&#8217;t an alternate world or a case of reincarnation. It&#8217;s just the story of a teacher at a somewhat peculiar school, and his students who are striving to become human.<\/p>\n<p>The light novels launched with its first volume with illustration by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=241360\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sai Izumi<\/a> in February 2022. Kadokawa published the fourth volume on February 25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=237225\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atsu Benino<\/a>&#8216;s manga adaptation launched in Kadokawa&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=5637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sh\u014dnen Ace<\/a> magazine in 2022. The manga <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-07-28\/a-misanthrope-teaches-a-class-for-demi-humans-manga-ends\/.227074\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ended<\/a> on July 26, and the fourth and final volume shipped on September 26. Yen Press also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-02-07\/yen-press-licenses-oshi-no-ko-spica-of-the-first-star-the-theater-of-haruhi-suzumiya-super-string-\/.220970\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">publishes<\/a> the manga in English.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Press release<\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, is the majority owner of Anime News Network, LLC. One or more of the companies mentioned in this article are part of the Kadokawa Group of Companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kadokawa revealed during MF Bunko J&#8216;s Fall School Festival 2025 special livestream on Sunday new cast members and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-143383","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}